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 Post subject: e-foods
PostPosted: Sat July 14, 2018 2:19 pm 
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As we trek further and further into the digital age, let's use this thread to theorize about the role that e-foods could play in our future. What will this digital food look like? How can it sustain us? What will it cost?

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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
PostPosted: Sat July 14, 2018 2:33 pm 
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Like, ordering food online? Or plugging in to a computer to get nutrients?

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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
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No one really knows yet, and that's what makes it so exciting.

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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
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Isn't that just a food dispenser?

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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
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Isn't food really just bytes of molecular data?

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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
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Great now I'm hungry

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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Great now I'm hungry

Wouldn't it be great if that could be solved via an app server?

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the closest we'll ever come to meaningful gastrosentience is extracting the bowl of rancid macaroni & cheese that functions as the B account's primary cognitive engine


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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Great now I'm hungry

Wouldn't it be great if that could be solved via an app server?

i'm placing this triple entendre amongst your more understated RM achievements


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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
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Cookies are clearing.

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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
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this begs the question: could one leverage this technology to throw an e-dinner party?


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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
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You are e-hosting a dinner party and can e-vite any five people you'd like, living or dead. Who gets your e-vites?

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Bill Murray
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You can’t even spell his name right. He’s not coming to your party.

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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
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This sounds terrible. Also profitable.

Let's do this.

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 Post subject: Re: e-foods
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Pictured below: Don't be fooled! In the golden age of e-foods, the distinction between natural food (bottom tomato) and e-food (top tomato) is subtle.

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